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What are enzyme and activation energy?

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Enzymes are proteins that bind to a molecule, to modify it and lower the energy required to make it react. ( In other words , enzymes are biological catalysts.

Catalysts lower the activation energy for reactions.

In simple terms , The lower the activation energy for a reaction, the faster the rate. )

The activation energy is the energy needed to start a reaction.

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Thus enzymes speed up reactions by lowering activation energy.

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